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LJ Harvey and His Times
21 February – 14 June 2009, QAG
Lewis Jarvis Harvey (1871–1949) was an important
practitioner and teacher in the arts and crafts
movement in Queensland and a figure of national
significance. Harvey was an accomplished potter
and woodcarver, as well as the inspiration of the
largest school of art pottery in Australia. This
exhibition celebrated the return to Queensland
of a large and important collection of material
relating to Harvey’s career. The collection was
inherited by Harvey’s daughter, Elsie, and donated
to the Gallery by Harvey’s twin grandsons, the
Reverends David and Bruce Harvey Noble of
Houston, Texas. The gift was displayed with
paintings and sculptures of the period from the
Gallery’s Collection.
Artist’s Choice: Lawrence Daws
24 October 2009 – 7 March 2010, QAG
The Gallery will mount a regular series of
Artist’s Choice exhibitions in coming years, and
distinguished Queensland painter Lawrence
Daws began the series in 2009. Gallery staff
worked with the artist to select works from the
Collection that were particularly meaningful to
him. The display includes works by artists who
have influenced Daws — such as Brett Whiteley
— or with whom he has had a personal
connection. Examples of Daws’s own paintings
show in a nearby gallery.
Breaking Boundaries:
Contemporary Indigenous
Australian Art from the
Collection
13 December 2008 – 26 July 2009, GoMA
(until 25 October 2009 in Gallery 3.5)
Since the 1970s, Indigenous Australian artists
have continually pushed and expanded their
artistic practices and movements, and as a
consequence our understanding of Indigenous
Australian art and culture has grown. The
once-established boundaries of authenticity
were being broken and reconstructed by artists
Xstrata Coal Queensland Artists’ Gallery
150 Years: Photography in
Queensland from the Gallery’s
Collection
20 June – 4 October 2009, QAG
The establishment of the state of Queensland
in 1859 roughly coincided with the rise in
prominence of the photographic medium. This
exhibition explored the Gallery’s holdings of
photographs made in Queensland from 1859 to
the present, as a tribute to the importance and
durability of photography over the past 150 years.
The exhibition reflected various approaches and
styles, and included well-known photographers
such as nineteenth-century pioneer photographer
Richard Daintree and modernist Max Dupain,
and a snapshot of contemporary photography in
Queensland today.
‘LJ Harvey and His Times’, ‘Artist’s Choice: Lawrence
Daws’, and ‘150 Years: Photography in Queensland from
the Gallery’s Collection’ were sponsored by Xstrata Coal.
Installation view: foreground, three sculptures each titled Camp dog 2001
by Lena Djamarrayku, with Garry Namponan’s Yellow-patched camp dog
2006, and Craig Koomeeta’s Dingo 2002 / Fiona Omeenyo’s Searching
for tracks 2007, Doris Platt’s Goanna skin 2008, and George Tjungurrayi’s
Untitled (Mamultjulkulnga) 2007 in the background / © Lena Djamarrayku
2001. Licensed by Viscopy, Sydney, 2009.
Richard Daintree / (Images of Queensland) (details) c.1870 / Purchased 2009
with funds through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 30th Anniversary
Appeal
working in a range of media. Today, individual
artists continue to evolve and innovate in this
spirit. ‘Breaking Boundaries’ presented new
and proposed acquisitions by artists including
Brook Andrew, Alick Tipoti, Butcher Cherel
Janangoo, Doreen Reid Nakamarra, Fiona
Foley, Vernon Ah Kee and Sally Gabori. It also
included acquisitions from the 2008 Xstrata
Coal Emerging Indigenous Art Award by Archie
Moore and Gunybi Ganambarr.